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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: fred@gmail.com
Date: 13 Jan 2016 23:01:08 -0800
Subject: Turn every LOSER into a WINNER??

Hey fred@squirrelmail.org,

What if you could turn every
losing trade into a winner???

Impossible, you say?

Then check it out! <==

Here is how my $500K
guarantee works.

1. Open an account, make a
deposit, and start trading
with this method.

2. In case you ever lose
a trade, the broker will
refund your lossback!

Easy as that!

Wait a minute, never lose???
Yeah, yeah. I guess you are
wondering how they make
money then if you don't lose?

In fact, they don't make money
on your losing, instead they
charge you a small fair
commission of 10 cents per trade.
So you make $60, you give
10 cents back to cover the
brokerage costs. So if you win,
they win. WIN+WIN situation.

Sounds fair? Remember, only
30 spots are left and we have
over 500 people lined up.
First come first serve basis!

=> Check This Out!

 

Sincerely,

Beau M. Osborn
3112 Havanna Street
Reidsville, NC 27320









































































































































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